Jashua
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 73 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,710since 1971
Jashua over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jashua has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #3,181 | 35 |
| 2009 | #2,800 | 43 |
| 2008 | #2,828 | 42 |
| 2007 | #2,442 | 52 |
| 2006 | #2,398 | 51 |
| 2005 | #3,091 | 33 |
| 2004 | #2,599 | 41 |
| 2003 | #3,044 | 31 |
| 2002 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #2,742 | 34 |
| 2000 | #2,578 | 36 |
| 1999 | #2,560 | 34 |
| 1998 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1997 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #2,299 | 35 |
| 1995 | #2,026 | 41 |
| 1994 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1993 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | #1,804 | 46 |
| 1991 | #1,768 | 45 |
| 1990 | #1,500 | 57 |
| 1989 | #1,374 | 64 |
| 1988 | #1,553 | 47 |
| 1987 | #1,123 | 73 |
| 1986 | #1,227 | 61 |
| 1985 | #1,147 | 66 |
| 1984 | #1,399 | 46 |
| 1983 | #1,296 | 51 |
| 1982 | #1,320 | 50 |
| 1981 | #1,411 | 45 |
| 1980 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1979 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
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| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Jashua! It came in at #4,375, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jashua is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jashua in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jashua
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1987 at #1,123 (73 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,575
- Highest: 1 in 25,575 boys born in 1987 were named Jashua (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 31.3% of all boys named Jashua (536) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 122 | #2,048 (1979) | #2,893 |
| 1980s | 536 | #1,123 (1987) | #1,358 |
| 1990s | 445 | #1,500 (1990) | #1,972 |
| 2000s | 399 | #2,398 (2006) | #2,715 |
| 2010s | 163 | #3,181 (2010) | #6,129 |
| 2020s | 45 | #7,289 (2023) | #9,563 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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